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A review by murkymaster
New Avalon: Love and Loss in The City of Steam by James Ward Kirk, Neal F. Litherland
5.0
This is a mandatory reading primer of steampunk, especially for those who need their fiction through a glass darkly. I cannot recommend +Neal Litherland's "New Avalon" enough to fans of The Continental Op, Frank Miller, pollution choked shit-holes with heart, or anyone who thought (secretly) that the PT Cruiser was a step in the right direction.
"Love is a Broken Clock" sets the pace and mood of this geared-up Chinatown setting. Noir drips in dark drops from every phrase, and in true noir style you find your self immersed deeply in a tale far bigger on the inside than it is on the outside: these tales are short but powerful (not unlike Shorty from Joe R. Lansdale's "The Thicket", which I just read. "Tears of Pandora" is another melancholical tragedy of love, and brings up the terrible consequences of magic which I nearly always find to be enlightening and fun.
"Love is a Broken Clock" sets the pace and mood of this geared-up Chinatown setting. Noir drips in dark drops from every phrase, and in true noir style you find your self immersed deeply in a tale far bigger on the inside than it is on the outside: these tales are short but powerful (not unlike Shorty from Joe R. Lansdale's "The Thicket", which I just read. "Tears of Pandora" is another melancholical tragedy of love, and brings up the terrible consequences of magic which I nearly always find to be enlightening and fun.